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Article: MANAGED CARE SLOWS EMPLOYMENT FOR RNS.
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- Modern Healthcare
- Article date:
- February 22, 1999
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Managed care has hurt the growth of registered-nurse employment and earnings, according to a study published in the January-February edition of Health Affairs.
The study used the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey to compare nursing with other occupations.
Employment of registered nurses and nurses aides boomed from 1983 to 1994, growing twice as fast as other occupations. Wages improved markedly. But since 1994, employment growth for registered nurses has been half as strong. The authors attribute the slowdown to a lack of employment growth in hospitals. From 1994 to 1997, real wages for registered nurses declined 1.5% per year.
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